The Greek entertainer had sold three large trays of baklava and three whole halva cakes by lunchtime on the Sun­day.

Mr Kat­sapouikidis said he en­joyed mix­ing with the crowd and hoped to re­turn to the event next year.

Bund­aberg Re­gional Coun­cil strate­gic events co-or­di­na­tor Perry Ba­con said he was pleased with how the fes­ti­val ran this year.

“We had more food than ever and we had a record num­ber of stalls ... we’re at ca­pac­ity. I don’t think we can phys­i­cally fit any more in,” he said.

“We upped the ante with kids’ entertainment this year.

“It was good also to have Opera Queens­land here ... it was a point of dif­fer­ence.”

Mr Ba­con thanked lo­cal com­mu­nity groups for their as­sis­tance in mak­ing the fes­ti­val come to life, in­clud­ing the PCYC Childers Emer­gency Ser­vices Cadets, who were on hand to help set up on the Satur­day and Sun­day.

“It was great to have them on board this year. “They’re young kids who were keen to help out,” he said.

Mr Ba­con said his team would now work with the Friends of the Fes­ti­val to de­velop Fri­day and Satur­day’s part of the event.

“You need a point of dif­fer­ence as to the Sun­day, whether that be in entertainment or some­thing that comes out of the com­mu­nity, we don’t re­ally know at this stage,” he said.

He said work on next year’s 20th an­niver­sary cel­e­bra­tions had al­ready be­gun.

“There’s a few things on the draw­ing board ... I think it will be a spe­cial event next year.”

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SER­VICE WITH A SMILE: Pip­ing Hot Wood­fired Piz­zas owner Paul Somer­field do­ing what he does best.

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TASTY TREAT: Amy Bald­win chomps into a Ger­man sausage at the Childers Fes­ti­val.

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EX­OTIC SOUND: Wal­isuma pro­vides the crowd with a taste of South Amer­ica.

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FAMOUSFACES: MyKitchen Rules 2013 win­ners Dan and Steph were pop­u­lar among the crowd.